pipings

noun

plural of piping
as in pipelines

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  1. pipelines
  2. drainpipes
  3. hydrants
  4. pipes
Noun
  • Liquidity, cybersecurity, backup capacity, strong controls and succession pipelines carry costs.
    — Erik Clarke, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Kinder Morgan operates a dominant, interconnected web of steel pipelines that links oversupplied shale basins directly to major demand centers and Gulf Coast export complexes.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of pipelines
Noun
  • Others are refurbished remnants of the 20th century, with retention pools sporting planters that are actually slices of concrete drainpipes.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Kearns family pushes for change In the wake of the teen's death, the Kearns family pushed for Mason's Law, mandating the marking, guarding and grading of drainpipes in the state.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of drainpipes
Noun
  • Some hydrants were jammed up by freezing temperatures; the blaze was contained in part because of a fireboat that Collins had funded.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The loss of pressure in hydrants has happened before in wildfires, including the 2008 Freeway Complex fire, the 2017 Tubbs and Thomas fires, the 2018 Woolsey fire and the 2024 Mountain fire.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of hydrants
Noun
  • The stump itself won’t damage buried water lines, per se, but the roots can be ruthless with pipes.
    — Steven John, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers with Harvard University and the University of California Berkeley who looked at the early 20th century found that cities using lead pipes had murder rates roughly 25% higher than those using iron water-service lines.
    — Richard Day, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of pipes
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